Chapter 247: Why do you think I ran away? (1)


    At this moment, all hell broke loose on continents all around the world.


    “Ahhhhk! Help!”


    “What are those things?”


    The reason was the mysterious shadows that had appeared from all quarters.


    “They are attacking the holy ground!”


    “Block them!”


    South America, the location where the holy ground of the Cancer temple existed.


    “Shit! They’re endless! What level monsters are these?”


    “No! They aren’t monsters! They are gods!”


    “What? What do you mean gods— Kuhk!”


    The Cancer temple was known as the temple of crime. In line with their nature, their holy grounds were well hidden in various locations.


    The underground bunker of the Cancer temple was used to train assassins under Jean-Louis’s order. It was very covert and not an easy ce to enter.


    However, things had changed, thanks to the Cancer temple’s copse at the hands of Lee Gun.


    [Find it.]


    [Find it.]


    [Find the throne.]


    It was like watching a psychic phenomenon, as shadows crawled all over the walls and floors. The ce was like a field of shadows.


    The Cancer disciples shook in rage. It was for no other reason.


    “They messed with that item!”


    “It’s the weapon that we were going to use to take revenge on Lee Gun!”


    “What?!”


    After their Zodiac had been killed and their Zodiac Saint kidnapped, the Cancer disciples wanted revenge against Lee Gun.


    They had finished making the preparations for their revenge and made something that would deal a critical blow to the Serpent Bearer. It would utilize the power of Cancer that had been stored in this holy ground.


    So what was going on?


    “They seem to be aiming for the Seat of power, Commander-in-chief!”


    “What?”


    The Ten Star (SS) of the Cancer temple, Luka, received the report from his underling. Luka furrowed his brows.


    ‘We had a hard time since Lee Gun kept aiming for our Seat of power!’


    Lee Gun’s goals were clear.


    ‘He ns on taking this and stealing the power of our temple.’


    Even ragtag beings were aiming for it, following Lee Gun!


    ‘The Seat of power belongs to Jean-Louis-nim.’


    Jean-Louis’s whereabouts were still unknown.


    In the Cancer temple, the Zodiac Cancer rarely sat on its Seat of power. Jean-Louis sat on it instead, as if he were the Zodiac.


    What Luka sensed was that while all the other Zodiac Saints acted like servants of their Zodiacs. Jean-Louis waspletely different. It felt as if he was using the Zodiac.


    ‘He has inhuman beauty, brains, and abilities. He has a charisma that rises above the gods.’


    That was why the Cancer disciples had a feeling of reverence toward Jean-Louis. To them, he was their religious leader, their great Zodiac.


    And what did these intruders want to steal?


    Luka ground his teeth. “We have to quickly hide the Seat of power—”


    At that moment, Luka felt something.


    “!” He turned his head around.


    “Commander-in-chief! Just a moment ago…!”


    “Yes. I felt it too!”


    They had felt Jean-Louis’s presence in the distance. To their surprise, the presence was near this ce!


    The disciples cheered as the energy of Jean-Louis got closer.


    “Saint-nim escaped! He escaped from that dirty Lee Gun!”


    Luka immediately ordered, “Bring out the Seat of power. We’ll go and greet our Saint-nim!”


    They quickly took out the Cancer’s Seat of power, which they had hidden deep. If they gave it to Jean-Louis, the Cancer temple would rise once again!


    Therefore, they exited the well-hidden underground bunker.


    “Oh! They areing out.”


    Someone was looking down on them from a tall building.


    “Haha. They are like ants filing out. I knew this would be effective.”


    Holding a binocr, Carly cheerfullyughed.


    Chun Yooha’s eyes shed as she looked at the Cancer disciples. She raised her spear.


    * * *


    Around the same time, the Archer Saint’s holy ground was also in a precarious situation.


    [Hand over Taurus’s Seat of power.]


    The outer gods who Aries had called forth to kill Lee Gun had rushed toward the basement. The reason was Taurus’s Seat of power stored there.


    At one time, Yang Wei’s corpse had been hidden in this basement too. It was a ce that boasted iron-d defense.


    However, the intruders were formidable. The outer gods had quickly located the throne and mounted an attack.


    Hugo, who had raised his level, used his abilities without hesitation. However, when he couldn’t see the end to his enemies, he became angry. “Really! Why the hell did Gun have to store something he stole in my ce? He’s only living in my ce because he’s renting a room! This is a nuisance for me!”


    However, the Archer disciples justughed.


    “No way! He left his item in his holy ground! Why is he at fault?”


    “That’s right. If we had to split the tower out of 10, Lee Gun-nim owns 7 and we own 3. In fact, we feel a bit sorry because it feels like we are the renters….”


    When the Archer disciples let out bright smiles, Hugo kicked them in the butt. “If you like Gun so much, you should go serve him right now! You’lle to your senses when Gun really treats you like his subordinates!”


    “What? Really? Do you think he’ll take us in as subordinates?”


    “Hell yeah! We are free from Hugo-nim!”


    “If it’s Lee Gun-nim and Sungjae, we’ll be fed until we have a full stomach!”


    “Thank you for everything until now!”


    “Hey!”


    When Hugo became angry, his son clicked his tongue.


    Sungjae had been using his spells next to him. As a fellow Zodiac Saint, he seemed to understand why his father was miserable. “That’s why you should have let me give you a consultation on your finances when I offered it. At the very least, you wouldn’t be known as the poverty temple.”


    Really!


    “Why would I have entrusted it with you? I bet you would have used our expense budget to fanboy over Gun! Do you think I’m a fool?”


    “I wouldn’t have done that! Do you think I’m that young? Even I wouldn’t have used the money of the Sagittarius temple to geek out!”


    Chun Sungjae huffed as if he were being insulted.


    Hahn Jimin, who stood next to him, clicked his tongue.


    ‘Of course, you would have geeked out.’


    All the famous and foreign universities had sent Sungjae invitations for admission, including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc. However, the young Zodiac Saint had turned them all down for Lee Gun.


    ‘If I’m not in Korea, I can’t buy goods for Uncle in an expedited manner. I don’t want to get fired for that reason.’


    If he were in charge of the Sagittarius temple, the money would have been embezzled and used in some way to help Lee Gun-nim’s business.


    “The Sagittarius temple’s budget is chump change. I can’t even put up a billboard in Times Square using it?! Why the hell would I use the Sagittarius temple’s money to geek out?”


    “What did you just say?! Really!”


    Ah! It seemed Sungjae wasn’t interested in that aspect. Anyway, it didn’t matter.


    Hahn Jimin had also be a disciple of the Serpent Bearer not too long ago. He quickly took out a healing potion. Of course, he hadn’t entered the temple using his own feet.


    [The Taurus temple is being forcefully transferred. All the disciples will be automatically transferred.]


    Hahn Jimin was Chun Sungjae’s roommate and the person who brought Lee Gun home from the tower. However, he had been a member of the Taurus temple.


    Of course, he wasn’t under the directly managed temple. He was part of a small group of C-rank awakened beings who had to pay royalties to use the power of the Taurus temple. It was a nameless organization that had a total of five members.


    He had never expected this to happen when the Taurus temple disappeared.


    [Would you like to make a temporary contract with the Serpent Bearer?]


    [You will be able to temporarily use your existing skills with the power of the Serpent Bearer.]


    [It is possible to leave if you want. The only catch is that all of your skills will disappear. Please be careful in making the decision.]


    He was merely a C-rank awakened being, so there weren’t any skills that he would miss. However, it was nerve-racking to be the disciple of Lee Gun.


    ‘I didn’t even dare to say I wanted to join.’


    His best friend was a Zodiac Saint of the Serpent Bearer, yet Hahn Jimin had been unable to speak up. He knew his ce in this world.


    ‘The lowest-ranked disciple within the Serpent Bearer temple is of the A rank…!’


    He had no idea what was going on with this temple since it had three SS-ranks. Moreover, it also had subordinates brought in as affiliates in the Zodiac Saints Hugo and Kevin.


    ‘The Secretary is also an S-rank…’


    And even the lowest-ranked disciple, the A-rank Puffin, wasn’t what it seemed. Puffin was famous for being in the first string of the Leo temple.


    ‘Lee Gun-nim is giving me a chance…!’


    At that moment…


    “Saint-nim! The enemies are turning back!”


    “It seems they gave up on the Seat of power located here!”


    Hugo snorted as he brought down his bow. “They should, since they’re going up against me.”


    “Dad, I chased away most of those who entered this ce.”


    Hugo red at his son. It seemed his son’s abilities were better than his now.


    On the other hand, the Archer disciples became leery when the enemies left.


    “Still, it’s odd. ording to Lee Gun-nim, they’ll be tenacious in trying to get this item.”


    “Did they perhaps have their eyes set on a different Seat of Power….?”


    Hugo and Chun Sungjae did a double-take.


    “Is it the Aquarius temple?!”


    Yes. Lee Gun had gone to take care of Aries, who had called in the outer gods.


    Since Aries was calling for the outer gods, Lee Gun knew their numbers would continue to grow unless Aries was taken down.


    All the other locations were being defended, except one.


    “Are they aiming for the Aquarius temple?”


    “The probability is high. The current Aquarius is Lee Gun-nim’s construct. If she’s eliminated, Lee Gun-nim’s power will weaken.”


    “Since the Aquarius temple isn’t a battle-type temple, it would be easy to kill their Zodiac.”


    “That’s odd. There is no way they’ll be able to get rid of Gun’s Construct—” Hugo gulped. He thought about Lee Gun’s future, which he had seen not too long ago. It worried him.


    “Is the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power fine?”


    “!” Hugo’s eyes turned round when he heard Hahn Jimin’s words.


    It was to be expected since he had never seen the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power.


    ‘That’s odd. Gun’s temple should have one.’


    Normally, a Zodiac put that item in their territory.


    When Hugo looked at him, Sungjae screamed. “Ah! Uncle did take out a chair that I’ve never seen before.”


    It was when Taurus’s Seat of power had appeared. Lee Gun had touched a chair that Sungjae had never seen before.


    “I never saw it afterward. Uncle did say he hid it in the most secure location.”


    Hugo epted it.


    ‘That’s the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power.’


    A Zodiac’s chair symbolized the temple and the head of the temple. Nothing good came from putting it in a highly visible ce.


    “With an item of that caliber, he probably put it somewhere safe. It must be at the workshop in Hawaii or…”


    Hahn Jimin’s eyes turned round as if they were speaking nonsense. “Uh? Isn’t the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power located in the Archer Saint-nim’s kitchen? It’s the dining table chair.”


    “What?!”


    “Uh. That’s odd. I’m pretty sure that’s the one…”


    The Archer disciples were stirred up.


    “Wait a moment. The dining table chair…”


    Hugo’s face turned slightly pale.


    “Hugo-nim got rid of it, saying it looked old. He threw it away…”


    “I didn’t throw it away!!! I just put it out in the dumpster in front of the building!”


    “That’s what you call throwing it away….”


    Hugo turned to look at Hahn Jimin. “D-Did Gun really say that? He said it’s the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power?”


    “N-No. However, he always sat in the same chair whenever I visited the Archer Saint’s holy ground. That’s why I asked the question. He said it was his designated seat… Since it’s the designated seat of a Zodiac, I thought it was a Zodiac’s throne…”


    Hugo let out a bright smile in relief. “He sits there because he can see the TV from there. It isn’t his throne.”


    The Archer Saint let out a sigh of relief as he decided to send Taurus’s Seat of power to Lee Gun. He told everyone that they should go to the Aquarius temple when…


    Brrrrrrrr!


    Hugo received a call. He had a bad feeling about this. And when he checked who was calling, he saw it was his friend. So he picked up the phone.


    – Hey, Taeksoo. Did you throw away my dining table chair?


    “…!!!”


    – It seems as if someone keeps attacking it, and the defensive barrier has been activated. I was wondering if it was sent outside.


    Hugo started to sweat as he immediately ended the call. “Hurry up and go upstairs!!! Quickly pick up the dining chair table from the dumpster!!!”


    * * *


    Ddoo- Ddoo- Ddoo.


    Lee Gun tilted his head in puzzlement when he heard the sounding from the phone. “What the hell? I didn’t finish speaking, so why did he hang up?”


    He was on top of Drachma. Lee Gun expressed his anger when the phone call abruptly ended.


    On the other hand, Kevin was sweating after hearing the conversation.


    ‘Does he really not know why Hugo ended it?’


    Kevin was quick on the uptake, so he had a rough idea of what had happened through the conversation that he had overheard.


    It seemed Kevin wasn’t the only one.


    “He threw away the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of Power….” With a serious expression on her face, Hailey mumbled to herself.


    Lee Gun had said it was a dining table chair, but there was no way he would ce a barrier over a normal dining table chair.


    ‘I’m sure of it. It’s the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of Power.’


    Moreover, the chair was being attacked probably by the outer gods who had picked up the scent.


    With the skill Hugo had, his defense of the throne was top-notch. This was why the outer gods had probably moved onto the other Seats of power, which would be easier targets.


    It must have something to do with the Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power, which had been thrown away.


    “Are you sure you should be here, Lee Gun? The Serpent Bearer’s Seat of power is in danger…”


    “What? What nonsense are you talking about?”


    “I’m just saying the Archer Saint threw it away.”


    “That’s just my armchair.”


    “?!!”


    So why were the outer gods after it?


    “Will it be fine? It is just an armchair, but I can’t have it destroyed.”


    What??


    “Well, it should be fine, since I put a lot of traps over it.”


    “??!”


    If it was just an armchair, why did he ce traps over it?


    “Anyway, any human that gets close to it may suffer, but it will be beneficial.”


    “???”


    What did he mean by beneficial?


    Lee Gun shrugged it off as he focused his eyes on the Nameless Land, which was starting toe into view.


    Thisnd was something left behind by Abundance. It was a mysteriousnd, yet the flog ind was letting out a surprisingly bright light. A powerful light of Life was emanating from the center of the ind.


    [Life is overjoyed, since it feels the possibility of its growth.]


    [Death is depressed.]


    [Life can sense something from there.]


    Lee Gun hade to this floating ind for only one reason:<em><em>Mutton is here</em></em>


    It was the bright sign that Sagittarius had ced in the sky.


    Lee Gunughed. “That asshat hid in an adorable ce.”


    Well, this was for the beast. Lee Gun nned on designating the Nameless Land as his holy ground.


    Koo-goo-goong!


    Suddenly, an attack came at him from the direction of the Nameless Land. At the same time, unfamiliar faces rushed toward him.


    [Give us the seat of the Serpent Bearer!]


    They were the outer gods.